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AIBU to ask DP to uninvite his friend's wife from our wedding?

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Somerville · 04/11/2016 17:23

One of my fiancé's closest friends is an usher at our upcoming wedding. DP is his child's godfather.

However, his wife doesn't like me. Actually, I think it's not personal to me - I think she loved having DP single to set up with her friends and to flirt with Hmm and she's annoyed by him not being available to her.

She began by making unkind jokes at my expense. Never in DP's hearing, and so subtle I wasn't sure whether she meant well but had clumsy phrasing. But it's getting worse and I'm now in no doubt. She's very funny so it looks like a sense of humour fail to take objection to her 'hilarious' comments.

She also calls DP a cutesy nickname that no-one else calls him, often brings up friends of hers who he has previously dated, and touches him a lot. He says she's always been a bit like this but he's assumed she would stop when he was in a serious relationship and instead it has got worse.

I've been ignoring her rudeness because I think she thrives on drama and attention and frankly I don't have time or energy for all this. But DP wanted to try to get to the bottom of it to repair his friendship with them. Fair enough. She said the problem is that I'm over sensitive. But she apologised for bringing up how great his ex girlfriend is looking and for the cutesy nickname (I think he was too embarrassed to properly bring up the excessive touching) and cried, and her DH made excuses for her. DP was cautiously hopeful that she'd improve.

I saw her last night at a hen party for a mutual friend. She referred to my DP as the nickname then laughed and said 'silly me, he says you get jealous about our pet names'. I went and sat at another table.
Later on she told an amusing sex anecdote about a friend of hers who dated a friend of her DH's. I knew from the start that she would accidentally on purpose reveal it was DP and indeed she did. The pregnant bride looked upset so I again just got up and moved. No alcohol excuses as none of us were drinking.

I will be avoiding her in future. And I'd rather not have her at our small-ish wedding. I feel like asking DP to tell her she can't come. I think he will agree to this - especially with the sex anecdote thing - however it is of course then likely that his friend will pull out of being an usher and not attend, which will make him sad. AIBU and if I am, what is a better way of dealing with her? Just sucking it up on our wedding day isn't an option for me.

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RandomMess · 06/11/2016 20:49

I'm glad Lovely is able to deal with it moving forward without you needing to be involved.

It's actually quite sad that she has such issues that the friendship is unlikely to ever recover but it is all of county's doing.

How did the dress trying on go?

loveyogalovelife · 06/11/2016 20:52

Emailing CMCF would let her off the hook; I think DP should speak to her, by phone if that's the only way, and staying very calm and level headed, tell her what he has heard about her behaviour from the hen do (via the BTB) and that he's upset and disappointed (understatement) and see what she has to say for herself. Otherwise she could make up a story to her husband etc... If DP speaks to her directly, she won't be able to make up her version of events to wriggle out of it and she'll be totally exposed.

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 06/11/2016 20:53

Have you read the House of Niccolo series too?

cheekyfunkymonkey · 06/11/2016 20:55

Sounds like you have a great spot there. Not an easy thing to do but best to start married life as you mean to go on

YonicProbe · 06/11/2016 20:57

Thanks Somerville. Thinking back, my mum had Dorothy Dunnett books as well as the Sayers ones that i read first at home,,but I never picked those up.

I will check one out!

cheekyfunkymonkey · 06/11/2016 20:57

By spot I mean dp

YonicProbe · 06/11/2016 20:57

Getting arrested sound like a good end for a CMCF!

FiveGoMadInDorset · 06/11/2016 21:03

I have been following also and you sound such a lovely person and have handled this so well, i wish you all happiness for your wedding and future

Somerville · 06/11/2016 21:22

Thanks Five Smile

DrQuin Your Cunty broke, like, every social convention and the law. Shock I have got off light!

Random I've had to postpone posing in The Dress for my mother due to not wanting to get snot on it.

Empress I've read everything DD had published. Lymond's my favourite but it's been too long since I reread Niccolo - I plan to next year.

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EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 06/11/2016 21:26

Lymond's my favourite too. Good luck - you're dealing with this beautifully!

Somerville · 06/11/2016 21:42

I was thinking about a Dunnett quote earlier that I want to teach to Cunty. (But won't.) Because all of her crap must be terrible for her marriage, which is very sad.

From memory so probably a slight misquote: "You cannot love any one person adequately until you have first made friends with the rest of the human race. Adult love demands qualities which cannot be learned from inside a vacuum of resentment."

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LHReturns · 06/11/2016 21:49

Hear hear Somerville - I like that.

Somerville · 06/11/2016 22:05

Encouraging me with Dunnett quotes is dangerous...

"Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him."
Grin

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TheSnorkMaidenReturns · 06/11/2016 22:19

you're handling this so well Somerville Flowers

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 06/11/2016 22:37

I just read this entire thread and Somerville, obviously the situation has more or less resolved, but I've got to say: you and DP have what sounds like a solid, strong and loving relationship. There's nothing the two of you won't be able to go through together. Flowers Congratulations!

CanuckBC · 06/11/2016 23:47

Just read the full thread. You and DP have dealt with this so far fantastically. CMcF has completely lost her shit and gone over board. I am so glad the bride-to-be had her STBDH call your DP. Ace in the hole for sure and a great way to shut CMcF down smoothly. You should also have the backing of the overall friendship group due to her appealing behaviour being seen and reported by others in the group.

She sunk herself soundly by going way too far. In-invite her and others will understand with the newest developments. It will have been discussed already amongst them what her atrocious behaviour was at the hen outing.

I haven't read the your first post although from what I have gathered from this thread a huge congratulations is in order. Enjoy your wedding day, it should be filled with love and happiness and joy. No stress and worry of spite filled people.

juliej75 · 07/11/2016 00:13

Would it be rude to ask someone to link the earlier thread? It sounds like a wonderful (or should I say, lovely?!) story.

OP, you're a legend!

EverySongbirdSays · 07/11/2016 01:03

I mean, it's saying something isn't it when a woman gets her fiance to ring their friend because she knows that another woman treated his fiance horrendously at her hen do.

Cunty could find herself on the outs.

Men often have different views of female friends, Cunty might be widely disliked by all the "wives" for all OP knows.

Milklollies · 07/11/2016 01:33

Following to see how this ends up.

Normandy · 07/11/2016 06:54

Me too! Interested to hear how Cunty responds to however you and your DP choose to move forward...

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 07/11/2016 08:45

Not remotely placemarking for any updates, OH no. Not me.

BerylStreep · 07/11/2016 08:59

Just a thought - I know you said you think DF put up with her behaviour for far too long, but if Cunty has never felt seriously threatened by anyone in the past (and why would she - she had previously done all the match-making), then maybe she has never revealed this side of her to DF before?

I feel a little sorry for her in a way. She must feel really insecure, and it doesn't sound like she has much emotional intelligence. Not that it excuses her despicable behaviour towards you.

Memoires · 07/11/2016 09:36

She does sound terribly insecure and desperate. This is by no means your problem, though. There is no need for you or dp or anyone else to adjust yourselves to accomodate her. Please keep that firmly in the front of your minds when dealing with her (and her dh, sadly).

She (or her dh) will try appealing to your niceness, they will guilt trip, etc, but not your circus, not your monkeys.

mummylove2monsters · 07/11/2016 09:56

I'm very interested to know how the conversation/ confrontation goes - it's incredible how we all spent our childhood thinking that bullying stops when your a grown up but it really doesn't- CmcF is essentially a bully ... one of the sneaky ones that's hard to prove - great that she's being called out on it .
I suspect she is jealous of you not just because your georgus but because your clearly a strong , intelligent,courageous and interesting woman x - still following this thread on the very edge of my iPhone waiting to see what her response is xxxxxx

Hippee · 07/11/2016 10:06

julie - it is here. It is a lovely story - I could see it being made into a film by Richard Curtis Wink

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